Commiserated, hugging mean person (5)
I believe the answer is:
miser
'mean person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'commiserated hugging' is the wordplay.
'MISER' is hidden within the letters.
However, I'm unsure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miser that I've seen before include "we may find boring" , "Curmudgeon" , "hunks" , "One giving little" , "One's tight" .)